Christ is risen, indeed! Here are seven ways your family can celebrate Easter more fully, especially during the first eight ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez celebrated Mass on Good Friday commemorating the Holy Passion and Death of Jesus Christ.

Throngs of Catholics made their way slowly to the 16th century basilica's main altar, where Francis' simple open wooden ...

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2399 The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally ...

Visitors have been able to step into a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic ... because of Lord Baltimore's policy of liberty, of conscience and freedom of religion that [the church] could be ...

Pope Francis also mandated that church ... for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" A decade later, he declared that being homosexual "isn't a crime", and encouraged Catholic bishops ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

The Empire State Building is shining gold and white tower lights for a four-hour window to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis following his death.